(view spoiler)[I could tell this book was very well researched, but chapter 1 ends with a very graphic, Read as part of the 2024 Indie Author Project.
(view spoiler)[I could tell this book was very well researched, but chapter 1 ends with a very graphic, violent rape. It was written in a way that felt exploitative and it soured me on the whole thing. I know the point if this book is to highlight the true atrocities of the slave trade and the system of slavery as a whole, but there's a way to write it where it doesn't feel like the author was getting his jollies off describing how terrible it was. We know. Treat it with nuance.
Also, the author is a white South African male. As much as I don't want to let it influence my review, it is. I just don't think this is his story to tell. Or at least get some sensitivity writers.
Read as part of the Indie Author Project. Quit after chapter 2. Characters were flat and boring, author was basically writing an essay with some fictiRead as part of the Indie Author Project. Quit after chapter 2. Characters were flat and boring, author was basically writing an essay with some fictional characters in it. Did not hold my attention or make me want to keep reading....more
Didn't finish it, because I got bored, but it was a perfectly passable novel. It read like a YA novel, which Read as part of the Indie Author Project.
Didn't finish it, because I got bored, but it was a perfectly passable novel. It read like a YA novel, which I didn't love. Again, nothing wrong with the book, it just wasn't interesting enough to have me invested....more
0 Stars, I did not consent to be a part of the author's sexual torture fetish.0 Stars, I did not consent to be a part of the author's sexual torture fetish....more
Concept was really cool, but I got to 100 pages, the main characters were still 10 years old and nothing had really happened. I was struggling to get Concept was really cool, but I got to 100 pages, the main characters were still 10 years old and nothing had really happened. I was struggling to get into it. Just not for me....more
There's plot in this book, but to get to it, you have to read through like 800000 pages of political idealism that has nothing to do with the story. IThere's plot in this book, but to get to it, you have to read through like 800000 pages of political idealism that has nothing to do with the story. I was trying to finish it so I could say I read a real book instead of just all the twilights, but I can't do it. It's too much....more
Had to quit reading when the author said that the "Bring out your dead!" scene from Monty Python was real. Can't even with this.Had to quit reading when the author said that the "Bring out your dead!" scene from Monty Python was real. Can't even with this....more
I wanted to like this, but it was a mess. The classification is all over the place and it's not very organized. I guess it's fine for what it's supposI wanted to like this, but it was a mess. The classification is all over the place and it's not very organized. I guess it's fine for what it's supposed to be, but I much prefer the Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were....more
I know people love this book and I really did try. But 120 pages in and it’s sooooo sloooooow and I kept falling asleep. So Yeah. DNF’ing this. Sorry.I know people love this book and I really did try. But 120 pages in and it’s sooooo sloooooow and I kept falling asleep. So Yeah. DNF’ing this. Sorry. Glad you all like it tho....more
90 pages in and I quit. The protagonists were getting all this good advice from everyone around them and being moody teens about it, even though only 90 pages in and I quit. The protagonists were getting all this good advice from everyone around them and being moody teens about it, even though only one was a moody teen. Wanted to like this so bad, but gave up because I kept hoping they would stop being idiots. Also did not love the raping. And I figured there was more of that. Straight up did not have a good time with this....more
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